Photo: Asn87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Dighton earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
2.9% of residents live below the poverty line; Massachusetts has 10.0%. Dighton grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dighton
Dighton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Dighton is Boston, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (420) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Dighton empties out on a workday
About 5,900 people are in Dighton on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 8,300 who live here: 3,800 head out to work and 1,400 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Dighton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dighton is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #115 of 283 in Massachusetts. The poverty rate holds Dighton’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dighton could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The commute from Dighton, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How many people are in Dighton by day
On a workday 3,844 residents head out to work, 234 work right here, and 1,367 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Dighton on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Boston
Where Dighton clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
71% of the jobs in Dighton pay over $3,333 a month
1,601 jobs are based in Dighton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dighton, 2013 → 2023: 1,640 → 1,601. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dighton’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dighton workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,944 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Dighton walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dighton is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #267 of 283 in Massachusetts. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 14.1% across Massachusetts.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,433 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 13% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Dighton households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dighton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dighton is 613th among 3,042 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Georgetown MA | 8,577 | $152K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 8% | A+ |
| 89 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 611 | Newmarket NH | 9,647 | $101K | 4.6% | 1.0% | 6% | A |
| 612 | Lower Saucon Township PA | 11,134 | $125K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4% | A |
| 613 | Dighton MA | 8,348 | $137K | 2.9% | 5.3% | 6% | A |
| 614 | Lutherville MD | 6,574 | $114K | 4.2% | 5.3% | 2% | A |
| 615 | Lake Villa IL | 8,692 | $119K | 3.2% | 4.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dighton, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Dighton’s workers
The biggest share goes to Taunton (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Dighton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dighton: questions
What is the median household income in Dighton?
$136,646 (±$19,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dighton?
2.9%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dighton?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dighton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (10%, 36 mi), Taunton (10%, 6 mi), Fall River (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dighton walkable?
Dighton is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dighton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dighton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dighton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.